ArticleFrontiers in psychology2026
A culture-informed psychological model for elite Chinese mountaineers: an exploratory study and development of a performance-based assessment tool.
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Introduction: The psychological determinants of performance and survival in elite high-altitude mountaineering remain poorly understood, partly due to the difficulty of recruiting substantial samples from this highly specialized population and the limited applicability of Western-derived frameworks to culturally distinct cohorts such as Chinese mountaineers. This study aimed to develop and preliminarily examine a culture-informed psychological model for elite Chinese mountaineers and to establish a performance-based evaluation framework. Materials: Using a cross-sectional exploratory design, 15 psychological indicators were assessed in 84 Chinese mountaineers (53 elite; 31 non-elite) using validated Chinese-language instruments. Independent-samples t-tests were conducted to identify performance-discriminant indicators, and principal component analysis (PCA) was employed to explore the underlying psychological component structure. Results: Elite mountaineers scored significantly higher on 10 indicators, including Perseverance ( Conclusion: As an exploratory model-development study, these findings provide preliminary evidence for a willpower-centered, contextually grounded psychological framework and its discriminative utility, offering a preliminary basis for research and training-oriented psychological profiling in elite high-altitude mountaineering.
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